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Posted in August 2014 …
Launch of essays on Mannix
Nature of Event: Book launch by Mr. Noel White, Irish Ambassador to Australia, of Daniel Mannix: His Legacy, edited by Val Noone and Rachel Naughton. When: 17 September 2014, at 5.30-7.30pm Where: Catholic Theological College, 278 Victoria Pde, East Melbourne Papers published are by Patrick Morgan, Brian Costar, Michael McKernan, Val Noone, Brenda Niall, Elizabeth … Continue reading
Kissing the Blarney as it Flies….
Storytelling at the new Docklands library – a free event. Continue reading
Call for Papers for Irish-Australian Conference at Maynooth
A conference series which welcomes anyone interested in Ireland, and or Irish Australia. Continue reading
Convict Women and Orphan Girls
Their productions, which deliver meticulous historical research with narrative force and aesthetic appeal, have been broadcast around the world, Continue reading
“Somebody’s done you a big favour, Sharky”
Blindness, loss, condemnation, forgiveness and redemption are all knitted seamlessly into the tight uplifting script that deservedly won The Seafarer many awards. Continue reading
Sligo’s Garden of Gethsemane
The billing of the movie CALVARY as; ‘wickedly funny’ or ‘a black comedy’ is way off the mark for me…This partnership between Gleeson and writer-director John Michael McDonagh is a triumph….Gleeson’s Lavelle is a portrayal of genius proportions…. Continue reading
‘Ulysses Prestissimo’: a slam version of the whole epic
James Joyce’s Ulysses may be termed ‘modernist,’ but it is such a unique work that it is difficult to categorize, and also very difficult to manipulate. In recent years Bloomsday Melbourne Inc. has edited and reshaped chapters for its quasi-theatrical presentations, but now, to take on the whole of this both internalized and externalized mammoth of a work, so geographically, physically and psychologically capacious, is to attempt something Herculean, including the stables! Continue reading
Seán Heuston
It seems Sean Heuston led a double life, by day a diligent and trusted employee of the GSWR and by night and on weekends spending his time on military training and quasi military marches in the Dublin hills. Continue reading
Reinvigorating the Celtic Club
News Report by Frances Devlin-Glass A meeting of members was convened on 30 July to discuss the findings of a subcommittee charged with investigating how the Club should operate into the future. Chaired by Maurice Hanrahan, other members of the subcommittee included Veronica O’Sullivan, Francie Collins, Andrew Perry and Brian Shanahan. Their brief was to … Continue reading